TONY LEEN: A new bridge for Fitzmaurice and Kerry to cross

The last time I reported on Kerry in Newbridge, they grabbed the national league point they probably deserved yesterday.

That was thirty years ago. Afterwards we dutifully recorded Mick O’Dwyer’s thoughts on his experimental forward line before I tapped him on the shoulder and asked him for a drive home to Castleisland.

In 1983, that was okay. When wizened old hacks lament the sterile relationship with their subjects nowadays, they’re not just weeping sepia tears.